I wonder if you or anyone you know is involved, or would wish to be, in this challenging event, described in the GLobal Justice gathering,’Hope in the Dark’ in Sheffield in July. The work of many of you in this network should be known at such a gathering. Or you might wish to offer input in advance to the conference planners.  It would be so valuable to have any report on, or hint of, facing up to the three interlocking structural faults of • an exploitative money system, allowing differentials to grow exponentially • theft of the commons tackled by a land value tax and by facing up to our stewardship rather than ownership of Gaia’s gifted resources • the patriarchal and institutional rigidity dominating our culture
Yours, Peter

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From: James O’Nions, Global Justice Now <j.onions@globaljustice.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 31 May 2022 at 20:55
Subject: Hope in the Dark • 9 July, Sheffield
To: Peter Challen <peterchallen@gmail.com>

Is this email not displaying correctly? View in your browser Hi Peter, “Hope is not a lottery ticket you can sit on the sofa and clutch, feeling lucky. It is an axe you break down doors with in an emergency… To hope is to give yourself to the future – and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.” – Rebecca Solnit We’ve shamelessly stolen the title of Rebecca Solnit’s book, Hope in the Dark, for our national gathering this year to help us think about the relationship between hope and the kind of big structural change we need in this climate emergency we’re living through. What? Hope in the Dark: Climate breakdown, reparations and a just transition When? Saturday 9 July, 1pm-6pm Where? Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield S1 1WB Book your free place Lumumba Di-Aping – Former UN climate negotiator • Esther Stanford-Xosei – Reparations scholar-activist • Nick Dearden – Global Justice Now • Nick Anim Jubilee for Climate • Maggie Mason – South Lakes Action on Climate Change As temperatures rise year on year, the whole world is becoming more vulnerable to climate chaos. Yet the worst effects are mostly suffered by those communities who have contributed least to climate breakdown. To have any hope of adapting to a changing climate, while also preventing the crisis from getting even worse, we need a global just transition – but countries in the global south are hamstrung by a world economy that works in the interests of the rich. Colonialism established the world that gave us climate breakdown, as well as the vast disparity in wealth and power that is compounding climate injustice today. Debt, unequal trade and corporate power are driving inequality, poverty and carbon emissions. That’s why we need reparative climate justice – not just compensating for losses but repairing the damage done by climate change and ending the economic violence that’s driving it. Join us for Global Justice Now’s national gathering to discuss what a just global transition looks like, and how climate justice movements are taking a stand the world over. Reserve your place now Co-organised with Jubilee for Climate, with panels and workshops on: the case for climate reparations • vaccine inequality • climate and trade • debt and climate justice • mobilising towards a globally just transition. We create hope by organising for a better world. If you’re able, do join us on 9 July, and let’s take forward that project together. James O’Nions Head of activism, Global Justice Now PS. Sheffield Hallam University is right next to Sheffield railway station, so it’s easy and quick to reach if you’re coming from further afield.The fight for a fairer future depends on committed and passionate people like you.  Global Justice Now is made up of thousands of people coming together to challenge the root causes of injustice around the world and provide innovative and sustainable alternatives. Regular gifts give us the long-term stability to plan effective campaigns for a more just world.   If you’re not already a member, will you join today? Join today This email was sent by Global Justice Now, which you are receiving because you most probably signed up on our website, took a campaign action or attended one of our events. If you no longer want to receive our emails you can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list Our mailing address is: Global Justice Now 66 Offley Road, London SW9 0LS Phone: 020 7820 4900

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